7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb mistake one thing for another
verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
verb cause to feel embarrassment
originBack-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
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